Oli Sykes: Last News

AURORA caught up with NME backstage at Glastonbury 2024 to tell us about working with Bring Me The Horizon and her plans for Wembley Arena. Watch our video interview and check out the full chat below.Shortly before she took to the stage for a blissed-out performance at The Park, the Norwegian art-pop star spoke to us backstage to share what it was like to lend her vocals to BMTH’s ‘Limousine’ from new album ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘.When asked about the collab earlier this month, Bring Me frontman Oli Sykes told NME: “I know what I wanted on that song and that was someone to bring something that could level it up – someone like a really ethereal, haunting, beautiful, voice,” he told NME.

Bring Me The Horizon donned corpse paint for a performance at a festival in Finland – check out the footage below.The Sheffield rockers played at the Tuska festival in Helsinki, Finland, on Saturday (June 29), one of the biggest metal festivals in the Nordic region. Attendees could sit in a chair and let professional make-up artists give them a look fit for the festival, and the same team worked on Bring Me The Horizon’s corpse paint, too.“In the festival area you can refresh your own corpse masks too at the Tuska Expo’s loft in Kattilahalli by Ulottuvuusmatkat Oy,” Tuska said while the festival was on.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has branded their song ‘Medicine’ as “shit”.The third single of their 2019 record ‘amo‘ was heavily played during their tour that year, but has since trickled out of the Sheffield band’s setlists. After being played just 17 times between 2020 and 2022, the song has not been performed since.Now, Sykes has shed light onto the reason why at the band’s recent show in Germany.

Oli Sykes‘ dad Ian teamed up with the frontman on guest vocals on ‘Antivist’ during last night’s (June 23) Bring Me The Horizon show.Introducing his father onstage at Germany’s Hurricane Festival, Sykes playfully told the crowd: “Help him out – he’s a little nervous” before his dad stepped in to perform the fan favourite track from ‘Sempiternal’. The frontman added: “Make some noise for the coolest dad in the world!”You can check out fan-shot footage below, together with the full setlist.antivist performed by ian sykes (dad) and oli pic.twitter.com/5v9OTgIdnL— -.

BABYMETAL spoke to NME at Download 2024 about collaborating with some of biggest names in metal and their evolution over the past decade.The trio – comprised of founding members Su-Metal and Moametal, and new addition Momometal – caught up with us backstage at the Donington Park festival, shortly before they took to the stage for a huge performance on Saturday (June 15).It came on the heels of the band joining forces with Electric Callboy for the huge single ‘RATATATA’ last month – the latest of their many star-studded collaborations and their first track to make its way onto the US charts.“It’s only been a month since we shot the music video, so, it doesn’t feel real,” Moametal told us about the massive response to the song in America. “I still can’t believe it, but I had so much fun making it.

Bring Me The Horizon have spoken about their surprise collaboration with AURORA on ‘Limousine’, revealing it was very nearly another popstar.Frontman Oli Sykes sat down with NME to talk through the Sheffield band’s new record ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘. There, he explained the choices behind some of his collaborators on the rexord, including AURORA’s surprise appearance on ‘Limousine’.“I know what I wanted on that song and that was someone to bring something that could level it up – someone like a really ethereal, haunting, beautiful, voice,” he told NME.

Bring Me The Horizon‘s Oli Sykes has given hints about what fans can expect from their new music in the ‘Post Human’ series.The frontman recently spoke to NME from the band’s HQ in Sheffield fresh off releasing their latest album, ‘Post Human: Nex Gen‘. It marked the second album in their ‘Post Human’ series, the first, ‘Survival Horror‘, was released in 2020, and ‘Nex Gen’ was surprised released last month after multiple delays.The band initially planned to release four ‘Post Human’ EPs in a year, but changed upon lockdown lifting: “We thought we were going to be in lockdown for a lot longer than we were.

Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has opened up about rehab and his recovery after “falling back into drugs and bad habits in lockdown”.The singer spoke about his struggles with substance abuse in 2015, claiming that drug addiction made him want to kill himself. At the time, Sykes revealed that BMTH’s 2013 album ‘Sempiternal’ was written after he recovered from a ketamine addiction.He eventually attended rehab sessions, but stated that he disagreed with many of the things that drug rehabilitation teaches: “They tell you ‘it’s a disease’ – that’s bollocks. It’s not a disease; it’s a self-inflicted problem.

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes has told NME that Jordan Fish’s exit from the band came as they had “got to the point where we weren’t happy as a unit anymore”.The news of keyboardist, producer and percussionist Fish’s departure from the Sheffield band broke in December last year.He had joined in 2012 and was instrumental in shaping the band’s songwriting approach and modern sound by adding more electronic elements – particularly on 2013’s landmark record ‘Sempiternal’. He was also part of the band for 2015’s ‘That’s The Spirit‘, 2019’s ‘amo’ and 2020’s ‘Post Human: Survival Horror’.

Mark Sutherland Rock music and streaming have rarely been a successful combination – but the surprise release of British metal stars Bring Me the Horizon’s new album, “Post Human: Nex Gen”, is bucking that trend. Craig Jennings, CEO of the band’s management company, Raw Power Management, saw the album rack up over 70 million worldwide streams in its first week of availability, landing at No.5 on the Official U.K. Albums Chart, despite the lack of a physical release.

Lexi Carson Over 20 years into their career, Bring Me the Horizon keep finding ways to reinvent themselves. On the day before the release of their latest album, “Post Human: NeX GEn,” a social media post by singer Oli Sykes showed him in a maid’s outfit with cat ears, holding a piece of paper that reads: “NEX GEN OUT MIDNIGHT” — fulfilling an inside joke with fans, as Sykes had said on social media if BMTH won their first BRIT Award for Best Alternative/Rock Act, which they did on March 2, then he would bring back the maid outfit he wore years ago.A post shared by Oli Sykes (@olobersykes) “NeX GEn” is the band’s seventh studio album and first project without Jordan Fish since 2013’s “Sempiternal.” It follows “Post Human: Survival Horror,” which was released during the pandemic and included some of the band’s heaviest songs in a decade.

Oli Sykes has revealed that one of the songs on Bring Me The Horizon‘s new album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ is “a critique of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict”.The track in question is the album’s seventh track, ‘a bulleT w/my namE On’, which is a collaboration with Underoath. One line in particular stuck out to fans – “And if Jesus Christ returns/We’ll just kill the fucker twice,” which was sung by Underoath’s Spencer Chamberlain, who was Christian for much of the band’s career.Sykes replied to a comment on YouTube which had ended up leading to a debate among several commenters about religion.

Bring Me The Horizon fans are convinced that they’ve stumbled upon a big secret, which is hidden inside the band’s brand new album.After months of waiting, ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ – the follow-up to 2020’s ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’ – arrived last week. It was scheduled to arrive last September after being announced during the band’s headline debut at Download Festival.

Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has explained how rumours the band would be collaborating with Billie Eilish came about.It had been rumoured that the two had teamed up back in January after Sykes left a comment reading “limousine” on an Instagram post of Eilish’s, which fans had worked out was one of the tracks on their then-unreleased album ‘Post Human: Nex Gen’.However, when the album dropped with a day’s notice on Friday (May 24), Eilish wasn’t on the record at all, with the guest feature on ‘liMOusIne’ coming from AURORA.Now, Sykes has explained where the rumours came from in an interview with Daniel P. Carter for the The Radio 1 Rock Show.

Bring Me The Horizon have shared their long awaited new “real concept album” ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ – listen to it below.The Sheffield band surprise released their first LP in five years at midnight (May 24) after sharing the news with a minute-long teaser yesterday (May 23).Speaking about the record, frontman Oli Sykes said: “It’s a real concept album, with a full narrative that connects to the first record [‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’], but the concept is hidden and buried.“Some people aren’t going to be interested, but for some people it could be like a self-help book. There’s a lot of things in there, some of it’s quite clear, but a lot of it cryptic and hidden.

Bring Me The Horizon have announced the release date for their long-awaited album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ – confirming it is coming tomorrow (May 24).The Sheffield band shared the surprise news in a post on X/Twitter this afternoon (May 23), dropping a minute-long teaser for the project and confirming that it will be out at midnight.“BMTH invites you to Ascend!+,” they wrote in the brief caption. “‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’ [out midnight 24.05]”.While no official release date had been shared up until now, the long-delayed album was expected to drop at some point this summer.It marks the follow-up to 2020’s ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’, and was scheduled to arrive last September after being announced during the band’s headline debut at Download Festival.

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes joined BABYMETAL during their set at Sick New World 2024 on Saturday – check out footage below. The Japanese band were playing the Las Vegas festival yesterday (April 27), when they were joined by Sykes on a version of their collaborative track.

Bring Me The Horizon brought out IV from Sleep Token to perform ‘Antivist’ during a show in Brisbane today (April 20).The Sheffield metallers have been on tour in Australia with Sleep Token as main support, as well as Make Them Suffer and Daine.During the show, the masked band’s guitarist joined Bring Me The Horizon for a special rendition of the 2013 hit where he got to take a more prominent role vocally. Although he isn’t Sleep Token’s main vocalist, he also provides additional screams.Amusingly, it appears that frontman Oli Sykes performed the track wearing one of Sleep Token’s old masks, which IV himself was also wearing.

Bring Me The Horizon guitarist Lee Malia will be absent from the band’s upcoming Australian tour, it has been announced.The Sheffield band are due to begin a seven-date run of shows Down Under with a performance at the John Cain Arena in Melbourne tonight (April 10).Further stop-offs are scheduled in Sydney (April 12, 14), Adelaide (17) and Brisbane (20, 21).

Bring Me The Horizon frontman Oli Sykes has teamed up with Japanese horror manga artist Junji Ito for a new clothing collection.Sykes’ alternative apparel company Drop Dead is due to launch a range of shirts, hoodies, tops, jackets and accessories made in partnership with Ito at 7pm GMT this Friday (March 29).“Junji Ito is a genius. His style is only topped by his substance.

Bring Me The Horizon have discussed their love of Fontaines D.C., and shared an update on when fans can expect the delayed album ‘POST HUMAN: NeX GEn’. Watch our video interview with the band above.Frontman Oli Sykes and drummer Mat Nicholls spoke to NME on the BRITs 2024 red carpet, shortly before they took home Best Alternative/Rock Act.Currently, the band are expected to drop their long-awaited album ‘POST HUMAN NeX GEn’ in the summer. The follow-up to 2020’s ‘POST HUMAN: SURVIVAL HORROR’ was scheduled to drop last September, following being announced during the band’s headline debut at Download Festival, but was later delayed due to “unforeseen circumstances”.When asked by NME for an update on the new project, Sykes said: “It’s nearly finished, but it’s not finished”.“Every time we think we’ve got it, we get another song,” he added.